How’s the balloon technique working so far?
What is mindfulness?
To me, it is about being aware of myself, my feelings and at the same time, the consequences of my presence, my actions, etc in my surroundings.
It is being empathetic. Inwards and Outwards.
It is being able to respond not react.
How should we achieve mindfulness in our daily lives?
By practicing it.
I’ll give examples:
#1
You wake up. Don’t just jump out of bed! Sit up and breathe. Just two fully conscious breaths. Smile. Yes, in the dark is fine. And then get up. If you feel like rolling your eyes and saying, “who has the time to do this every morning..??!!” maybe you don’t want to try or maybe you just need to wake up literally 30-40 seconds earlier than you do!
#2
Coffee spilled on the table (or worse.. on the laptop..!!!)
Stop. Breathe. Yep.. breathe. Twice. Let it out with a whoosh.
It’s spilled yeah? It’s not like it’s miraculously going to go back in the mug... or disappear - then why rush to react? The damage is done.
We don’t want to react. We want to respond.
The whole act of stopping and breathing helps us calm down and take stock of the situation. It helps ground us. It helps our brain to selectively decide on the next steps versus firing random things in chaos!
Now go ahead and do damage control.
It will definitely take practice. I am no saint - I need to remind myself to stop and breathe too. But I do know that over time, I have gotten better at this, just as you will too.
Now, if you feel like you wasted 2-3 minutes of your life reading this and just want to scroll on down.. (I imagine you huffing onto the next article..)
STOP 🙂
BREATHE 🙂
SMILE 😇
Now, gently scroll away! 🙂🙏🏽
| Sweta Shah Sakhpara is a pranic energy therapist and a pranic psychotherapist. She also teaches mindfulness and meditation to kids, adults and families. When she is not doing any of the above, she actively practices being a mindful parent to two kids. |
Having learned and practiced pranic healing for ~fifteen years, Sweta has been blessed with the trust of many clients for ailments as simple as a headache to complex ones like Tourette’s syndrome, from depression and anxiety to finding ways to embrace the idea of a new normal with a child being diagnosed on the spectrum. You could read more about her HERE.
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